The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus…
Politik, Öffentlichkeit und auch die Wissenschaft knüpfen große Hoffnungen an die von neu gegründeten Unternehmen ausgehenden wirtschaftlichen Impulse. Diese reichen vom Forcieren des Strukturwandels bis hin zum…
The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper,…